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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2025)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4454/mefisto.9-2

Published: 2026-03-06

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Essays

Philosophical reflections on the generative dimension of meaning in natural language

Francesco Verde, M. Di Bernardo
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Le donne di Francesco Redi. Scritture femminili nel carteggio familiare dello scienziato aretino

Maria Chiara Milighetti
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Focus

Theoretical Foundations of the Function-Dysfunction Debate: An Introduction

Maria Cristina Amoretti, Rebecca Riccardo Cuciniello, Claudio Davini
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Generalized Selected Effects Functions, the Liberality Problem, and Interspecific Competition

Antoine C. Dussault
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Towards other hybrid theories on mental health: A critical revision of Wakefield’s theory from the philosophy of biological functions

Tiago Rama, León Trelles
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Design Without Designer? Function and Dysfunction in Cultural Evolutionary Theory

Alejandro Gordillo-García, Mirko Gatti, Iuris Mocchiutti
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Biological function, psychological function, normative function: On the concept of function in Georges Canguilhem’s philosophy of life

Giulia Gandolfi
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Swampman goes to the doctor

James Turner, Fabian Hundertmark
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